Molecular Medicine (Nov 2024)

Mesenchymal stem cells lineage and their role in disease development

  • Qi Xu,
  • Wenrun Hou,
  • Baorui Zhao,
  • Peixin Fan,
  • Sheng Wang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Jinfang Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-024-00967-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

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Abstract Background Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely dispersed in vivo and are isolated from several tissues, including bone marrow, heart, body fluids, skin, and perinatal tissues. Bone marrow MSCs have a multidirectional differentiation potential, which can be induced to differentiate the medium in a specific direction or by adding specific regulatory factors. MSCs repair damaged tissues through lineage differentiation, and the ex vivo transplantation of bone marrow MSCs can heal injured sites. MSCs have different propensities for lineage differentiation and pathological evolution for different diseases, which are crucial in disease progression. In this study, we describe various lineage analysis methods to explore lineage ontology in vitro and in vivo, elucidate the impact of MSC lineage differentiation on diseases, advance our understanding of the role of MSC differentiation in physiological and pathological states, and explore new targets and ideas associated with disease diagnosis and treatment.

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